Batavia Area Jaycees

With the announcement this morning from the Batavia Area Jaycees of their annual Christmas lights display winners, I drove through Batavia this evening and got pictures of the five houses.

Above, 108 Ellsworth Ave., the traditional winner.

16 Vine St., most colorful.

101 Naramore, overall winner.

23 Meadowcrest Drive, most commercial.

20 Valle Drive, simple and elegant.

I also drove by 19 Trumbull Parkway, the honorable mention, but the lights weren't on.

Members of the Batavia Area Jaycees drove around the City of Batavia and found what they judged to be the best Christmas light displays in the following categories:

• Traditional: 108 Ellsworth Ave.
• Simple & Elegant: 20 Valle Drive
• Most Commercial: 23 Meadowcrest Drive
• Most Colorful: 16 Vine St.
• Overall: 101 Naramore Drive

Press release:

The Batavia Area Jaycees will be out driving around on December 9th looking at all the homes that are decorated for the Holiday Season. Judging will take place within the City of Batavia limits.

The following categories will be looked at:
· Most Traditional
· Simple & Elegant
· Most Colorful
· Most Commercial
· Overall

This contest and the awards to be given out are meant as a friendly community project. If you have any questions about the contest, you can contact the Batavia Area Jaycees at bajny@yahoo.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BataviaAreaJaycees, on the Web at http://www.bajny.com/ or leave the Jaycees a message at 585-343-5775.

Here are the results from today's 5K race sponsored by the Batavia Area Jaycees.

For the men:

• Ty Demmer, age 15, time 17:45
• Kevin Sheehan, age 50, time 18:05
• Dave Bateman, age 29, 18:39

Fore the women:

• Emily Heale, age 22, 23:51
• Kathryn Bellamy, age 31, 24:13
• Andrea Ridings, age 28, 25:01

Top time 55 and over was Larry Pelkey, age 55, 21:22.

Top time age 65 and over was Tom Dutton, age 66, 21:54.

Tom Demmer, at age 15, finished in 19:39 and Emma Eastridge, at age 14, finished in 25:44.

Bill White, age 70, finished at 27:23 and Ed Duncan, age 71, finished at 45:39.

The first regional home and business expo sponsored by the Batavia Area Jaycees kicked off this morning in Batavia City Centre.

The Genesee Region Expo replaces the home show run by the Jaycees for 60 years.

More than two dozen vendors are ready to explain to visitors this weekend how they can make their homes more attractive and more comfortable.

The event includes food and a kids zone for children to hang out while parents visit vendor booths.

The show runs today through 7 p.m. and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Press release:

The Batavia Area Jaycees will be out driving around on Dec. 18th looking at all the homes that are decorated for the Holiday Season. Judging will take place within the City of Batavia limits.

The following categories will be looked at:

• Most Traditional

• Simple & Elegant

• Most Colorful

• Most Commercial

• Overall

This contest and the awards for it are meant to be given out as a friendly community project. If you have any questions about the contest, please leave the Jaycees a message at 343-5775.

Press release:

The Batavia Area Jaycees are a group of young adults which organize events to enhance the community and each other’s leadership skills. Their longest-running project has been the annual home show, which they are ending after 58 years.

In its place, they are excited to unveil a much more relevant show to the community in 2012, the Genesee Region Expo.

This new concept will combine the proven components of their old home show with a more extensive representation of businesses in the Genesee region. A wider cross-section of local vendors should attract a greater number of local consumers.

The first Genesee Region Expo or GRE will be held at the Batavia City Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 4. Admission for spectators will be free. There will be plenty of demonstrations, workshops, seminars and entertainment on the center stage all weekend long, plus a food court and raffle opportunities. Many businesses will also have items for sale.

There is space available for nearly 100 exhibitors. Interested vendors can call the Jaycee hotline at 585-343-5775 to request a vendor packet or go to www.jci.cc/batavia. This includes a price schedule which outlines early response and multiple-unit discounts.

The Jaycees are excited about offering this event to the community and look forward to breathing new life into something that has the potential to be of major importance for the Batavia area and Genesee region.

You may have noticed, the flags along Main Street have been up all week. The flags are owned and displayed by the Batavia Area Jaycees.

This year, the Jaycees decided to leave the flags up from Labor Day through Patriot's Day in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We are proud to help lead our community in remembering this historic event," said Amy Robinson, the group's 2011 president.

The Batavia Area Jaycees' annual 5K race was Monday morning. Here are the results.

Overall Male: Collin MulCahly, 17: 17:26.

Overall Female: Melissa Domay, 36: 21:30.

AGE GROUP WINNERS:  

14 & UNDER - MALE:  
1. Campbell Anderson - 24:05 
2. Vincent DiRisio - 51:11  

14 & UNDER - FEMALE:  
1. Emma Eastridge - 26:57  

15-19 - MALE:  
1. Mitchel Ernst - 18:51  
2. Patrick Burns - 19:03  

15-19 - FEMALE:  
1. Samantha Wingate - 31:38  

20-29 - MALE:  
1. Michael Richenberg - 17:53 
2. Dave Bateman - 18:48  

20-29 - FEMALE:  
1. Christina Bak - 30:36  
2. Amy Swenson - 33:57  

30-39 - MALE:   
1. Paul Glor - 17:43  
2. Rich Boyce - 20:24  

30-39 - FEMALE:  
1. Jill Christinano - 23:57  
2. Nicole Boyce - 25:20  

40-49 - MALE:  
1.Kevin Sheehan - 18:43  
2. Jim Werven - 20:02  

40-49 - FEMALE:  
1. Lynn Auble - 21:51  
2. Carol Vanderberg - 23:56  

50-59 - MALE:  
1. David Oleary - 18:04  
2. Bill McMullen - 21:18  

50-59 - FEMALE:  
1. Janice Spiotta - 27:19  
2. Carrie Caccamise - 29:36  

60+ - MALE:  
1. Tom Dutton - 20:35  
2. Bruce Rychwalski - 25:04  

60+ - FEMALE:   
1. Mitzie Lewandewski - 28:29 
2. Debora Redding - 39:47

All proceeds from a chicken BBQ on Saturday planned by the Batavia Area Jaycees will go to help the Colby family.

The group's board of directors decided to use the money to help the family of Jonathan Matthew Colby, 37, of Batavia, who died earlier this month in a car accident on West Main Street.

The BBQ is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 30.

Cost for the dinner is $8 pre-sale or $8.50 the day of the event and includes half a chicken, cole slaw, salt potatoes, roll & butter.

Pre-sale tickets are available from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Jaycee Office located at 31 Batavia City Centre. Or they can be bought at Genesee County Chamber of Commerce, (210 E. Main St.), T-Shirts, Etc., (438 E. Main St.) or by calling 585-343-5775; or by asking any Jaycee for more details.

Dinners can be picked up at Clor’s Meat Market at 4169 W. Main St., Batavia. If you have any questions about the chicken BBQ, contact the Jaycees at 585-343-5775.

Joseph Richmond of the Batavia Area Jaycees submitted this pictures of the group's annual Christmas lights contest winners.

Above, Most Colorful - 8485 Stringham Drive.

More pictures after the jump:

The Batavia Area Jaycees have announced the winners of their annual Christmas Light Contest, with awards in six categories this year, plus some honorable mentions.

Judging took place the evening of Dec. 18.

The winners are:

• Most Traditional: 12 Vernon Ave.
• Simple & Elegant: 14 Union St.
• Most Colorful: 8485 Stringham Drive
• Most Commercial: 21 Union Ave.
• Overall Winner: 2 Lincoln Ave.
• Friends of the Lighting Company: 16 Vine St.

An unannounced category for the Most Patriotic Theme was given to 24 Roosevelt Ave.

Honorable Mentions: All of Redfield Parkway; 16 and 18 Tracy Ave. (The Jaycees liked the wreath connecting the houses, which fits with a part of the Jaycee's Creed,  "The Brotherhood of Man..."); and 120 Elm St., for its hand-painted sign.

About 100 people participated today in the Batavia Area Jaycees 5K Run and Walk, which started and finished at MacArthur Park, taking runners down Bank, to Washington, to Ellicott Avenue and back via State Street.